Writing Prompts for Kids

What's included (593 pages)

• Start Here14 pageswelcome, how to use the book, the writing process poster, goal pages and I-can lists for both grade bands, and posters on strong starts, the five senses, strong words, show-don't-tell, sentence starters, linking words and describing words
• Story Starters70 pagesstory starters in six page designs (write your story, a story in a place, plan beginning-middle-end, finish the story, three story ingredients, four-panel comic), each with a picture
• Opinion Writing50 pagesopinion prompts with reason boxes, agree-or-disagree pages, for-and-against columns, sentence-starter pages, rating pages and persuasive posters
• Informative and All About Me48 pagesinformative and about-me prompts: three-fact pages, draw-and-label pages, know-wonder-learn charts, Venn compare pages, picture-it pages and interview pages
• Letter Writing40 pagesletter-writing prompts: friendly letters, postcards, greeting cards, emails, short notes and invitations
• Picture Prompts56 pagespicture prompts: look-and-write pages, four pictures one story, five-senses charts, speech bubbles, mystery objects, before-now-after pages and title-this-picture pages
• Seasonal and Monthly60 pagesfive prompts for every month with month words, drawing space and writing lines
• Would You Rather44 pageswould-you-rather questions with pictures, tally boxes and good-things-hard-things tables
• Journal and About Me43 pagesjournal pages: mood and weather pages, dear-journal pages, top-five lists, all-about-me pages and thankful hearts
• Poetry Forms43 pagespoems to write: acrostics, haiku, list poems, cinquains, I Am poems, color poems, five-senses poems and rhyme finishers
• Graphic Organizers32 pagesstory maps, OREO opinion plans, hamburger paragraphs, 5 Ws, sequencing pages and character webs, each with an idea to try
• Editing Checklists and Rubrics19 pagesCUPS and ARMS posters, editing checklists, peer feedback forms, make-it-stronger practice and seven writing rubrics
• Word Banks26 pages12 picture word banks for Grades 1-2 and 14 word banks with nouns, verbs, describing words and wow words for Grades 3-5
• Monthly Prompt Calendars14 pages12 monthly prompt calendars with a short idea for every school day, a year at a glance and a blank calendar
• Trackers and Certificates14 pagesprompt trackers for every section, two writing logs and three certificates
• Cover, "How to use this bundle" guide and contents with page numbers
• Section dividers and colored edge tabs for every section, so every section is easy to find in a binder
• A certificate of completion (type the name in free Adobe Acrobat Reader)